Heiner Hans KÖRTING (* 1911, † 1991)

Heinrich Hans Bertold Körting

1911
born in Munich, Germany

– family moves to Potsdam

1924-25
Berthold and Helene Körting (Heiner’s parents) and Otto Douglas-Hill jointly found the ‘Oranienburger Werkstätten Körting’

1927-1929
pottery apprenticeship in his parents’ business

1929-1931
studied ceramics at the engineering and technical college in Höhr-Grenzhausen

1931-1935
assistant in the ceramics class at the School of Arts and Crafts in Berlin-Charlottenburg/a>

1934
journeyman’s examination as an artistic potter

1935
marriage to Gerda Gülcher (also known as ceramicist Gerda Körting)

1935-1941
production of architectural ceramics in Velten and Berlin

1946
settles in Jena

1946-1949
Heiner Hans Körting works as a freelance painter and graphic artist

1949
Heiner and Gerda take over Otto Lindig’s ceramics workshop in Dornburg, the former Bauhaus pottery

1951
Master craftsman’s examination

1954
separation from Gerda Körting

1955
marriage to Lisa Koch (also known as ceramicist Lisa Körting)

– between the 1950s and 1980s, participation in numerous exhibitions

1962
gold medal for a vessel sculpture in animal form with inlays at the International Ceramics Exhibition in Prague

1991
died in Dornburg, Germany

Sources:
– Förderkreis Keramik-Museum Bürgel und Dornburger Keramik-Werkstatt e.v.: Körting-Keramik, Sieben Jahrzehnte, on the occasion of the exhibition of the same name, which took place from 17 September 2011 to 26 February 2012.
– Weinhold, R., Gebauer, W. und Behrends, R.: Keramik in der DDR, Tradition und Moderne, Buchverlag Josef Büchel, Triesen 1988.